Iran's top UK official gets dressing down over threats to journalists

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51% : London said the move, hours after the European Union announced asset freezes and visa bans on Iran's education and culture ministers, was 'part of wider efforts to hold the regime to account over its behaviour globally'.
49% : 'A foreign state has caused such a significant threat to the British public on British soil that we have to move.'Let's be clear, this is not just a threat to our TV station but the British public at large.'Even more this is an assault on the values of sovereignty, security and free speech that the UK has always held dear.'Day and night our journalists strive to deliver the 85 million people of Iran and its diaspora the independent, uncensored news they deserve.
42% : The latest sanctions targeted three Iranian judges who had imposed the death penalty against protestors and five commanders from Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
40% : Channel blamed a surge in threats from the protest-hit authorities in IranMinisters today summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in London to the Foreign Office for a dressing down after journalists in the UK were subjected to 'serious threats'.
32% :Private television network Iran International announced on Saturday that it was following police advice to close its London studios, blaming a surge in threats from the protest-hit authorities in Iran.
32% : The station has provided extensive coverage of anti-government demonstrations that erupted in Iran five months ago and said two of its senior journalists received death threats in response to their reporting.
32% :Private television network Iran International announced on Saturday that it was following police advice to close its London studios, blaming a surge in threats from the protest-hit authorities in Iran.
31% : He added the eight Iranians sanctioned were 'responsible for horrific human rights violations in Iran, including the killing of children'.
21% : The channel has now relocated from the UK to the US over security threats to its journalistsMr Cleverly said: 'As part of wider efforts to hold Iran to account, the UK has today also sanctioned a further eight individuals responsible for horrific human rights violations in Iran, including the killing of children.

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